Influence of salinity concentration on aquatic insect community structure: A mesocosm experiment in the Dead Sea Basin Region

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 548, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Silberbush, Alon ^a,b   Blaustein, Leon ^b   Margalith, Yoel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Community similarity; Community structure; Species diversity; Species richness; Temporary pools; Water salinity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLOR; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SALINE WATER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AQUATIC INSECTS; COMMUNITY SIMILARITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORARY POOLS; WATER SALINITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPHEMERAL LAKE; INSECT; MESOCOSM; SALINITY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES (SERIES); ANOPHELES (SUBGENUS); ANOPHELES MULTICOLOR; BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLEON DIPTERUM; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; EPHYDRA; EPHYDRA FLAVIPES; EPHYDRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OCHLEROTATUS (GENUS); OCHLEROTATUS (SUBGENUS); OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; POLYPEDILUM NUBIFERUM;

EID: 24344471717     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-8336-8     Document Type: Article

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